dingbat
Example Sentences
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That scene is in “Minions & Monsters,” a delightful dingbat homage to Tinseltown set during the transition from silents to sound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
He was inspired to invent these elders by contemplating the oddly textured cinder blocks of a dingbat apartment on 6th Avenue in Venice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
Coco Jones makes the most of remaking Hilary as an upbeat self-assured culinary influencer instead of a dingbat, while Akira Jolie Akbar channels Ashley's essential lovability.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2022
She achieved a reluctant fame from the air disaster, thanks to a cheesy Italian biopic in 1974, “Miracles Still Happen,” in which the teenage Dr. Diller is portrayed as a hysterical dingbat.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2021
The hootin'-annie appeared to be the thing that went wrong, while the dingbat was the thing the hootin'-annie was attached to.
From Casey Ryan by B. M. Bower
